PhD required for spacecraft engineering?

[sedna]

I have read conflicting opinions on whether PhDs are useful in an engineering career, but it seems to me that it varies between discliplines.

Is spacecraft engineering a field where a PhD is an asset, or does it hurt your chances of being employed? (e.g. because you are seen as overqualified)

Thanks in advance for answering.

 

[monkeydog]

It depends, are you going into new applications of technology?
PhD would help.
Same old stuff? Won't help.

 

[MarkDE]

I'm not an expert here (only a BS in aerospace engineering), but from what I've observed it sets you in a different category as far as TYPE of jobs you'll get. Whether or not those types of jobs are in demand or not depends on what PhD you're thinking of getting and what the job market is like.

 

[sedna]

I would like to do research based work, so I think a PhD would be useful for that.

 

[IRstuff]

Still depends on the type of research. There are plenty of "research" satellites that do not require PhDs to design them, only the experiments they carry, and often, not even for that.

TTFN

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